Families mean mums and dads! Supporting families in the 21st Century

Published: 11 September 2009

Venue

Pen Green Research Base, Rockingham Road, Corby, Northants, NN17 1AG

Time

10am – 4pm

Cost

£180 + VAT

Who should attend?

Designed for all those working in education, family support, health and community work in statutory, private, voluntary or independent organisations who are working with fathers and supporting them to become more involved in the lives of their children.

Speaker include:

Brid Featherstone, Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Bradford

David Bartlett, Deputy Chief Executive of the Fatherhood Institute

Steve Davies, Head Teacher of Coopers Lane Primary School in Lewisham

In the afternoon parents and practitioners from the Pen Green Centre and other settings will be running participative workshops, sharing their experiences of being fathers and discussing the work that they do to support fathers in modern families.

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